Re: OCI to remote database (or ORATCL)

extel_at_shore.net (Chris Eastland) writes:
>In <3lp0be$cnh_at_mozo.cc.purdue.edu> tmh_at_extra.cc.purdue.edu (Todd Helfter) writes:
>>Has anyone else had problems with the OCI connect call
>>in oratcl or in the cdemo1.c distributed demo.
 

>>Synopsis
 

>> In oratcl using Oracle7.0.15, I could connect using the following:
>> user/pass_at_dbname, where dbname was in the tnsnames.ora file.
>> In oratcl using Oracle7.1.4 this fails and returns
>> "Illegal Instruction" and then exits.
 

>>Any Ideas or help would be appreciated as Oracle has not been able
>>to come up with a solution in over 6 weeks.
 

>What about setting TWO_TASK to the alias (dbname) then doing user/pass
>without the _at_

I've also seen problems with ORLON when the HDA is allocated on the stack (as an auto). It must be either allocated as a static, or cleared to all zeroes before ORLON is called. Received on Sat Apr 15 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST